NASDAQ's touched market share in NYSE-listed securities on March 24 was 21.53% compared with 17.7% for the month of February. The increase in NASDAQ's market share of NYSE-listed securities can be attributed to the strong demand for automated executions in NYSE-listed stocks.
NASDAQ's total market share in NYSE-listed securities is defined as the total share volume of NYSE-listed securities that are executed on the NASDAQ Market Center, INET and/or Brut books plus internalized volume, as a percentage of total consolidated NYSE market volume.
Matched market share represents total share volume of NASDAQ or NYSE-listed securities that are executed on the NASDAQ Market Center, INET or Brut books as a percentage of total consolidated NASDAQ or NYSE market volume. Touched market share represents total share volume of NASDAQ or NYSE-listed securities that are executed on the NASDAQ Market Center, INET or Brut books plus volume of shares routed to other market centers for execution, as a percentage of consolidated NASDAQ or NYSE market volume. For more information about these and other NASDAQ market performance statistics, visit www.nasdaqtrader.com/marketshare .
NASDAQ is the largest U.S. electronic stock market. With more than 3,200 companies, it lists more companies and, on average, trades more shares per day than any other U.S. market. It is home to companies that are leaders across all areas of business including technology, retail, communications, financial services, transportation, media and biotechnology. NASDAQ is the primary market for trading NASDAQ-listed stocks. For more information about NASDAQ, visit the NASDAQ Web site at http://www.nasdaq.com or the NASDAQ Newsroom at http://www.nasdaq.com/newsroom/ .